Carroll College
Founded
in 1909 as Mount St. Charles College
46°36'3.00"N
112° 2'28.18"W
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Mount St.
Charles College was renamed Carroll
College in 1932 to honor its founder, Bishop John P. Carroll
(1864-1925).
Bishop John
P. Carroll
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On September
27, 1909, President William Howard Taft laid the cornerstone
of the college. Taft was on a tour through Montana, and came
to Helena by rail that day, via Anaconda and Butte.
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President Taft in Helena
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Earthquake
Damage to Carroll College, 1935
Postcard, 1940s
Aerial Photo of Carroll College, 1946
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"Carroll
Village" Postwar Housing
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Immediately
following World War II, Carroll saw a dramatic increase in
the enrollment of married students. Housing was found for
them in Vancouver Washington, where the Federal Public Housing
Administration was in the process of dismantling projects
which had housed wartime shipyard workers.
1955 AERIAL PHOTO SUPERIMPOSED ON A RECENT SATELLITE
VIEW
Five buildings,
each containing four four-room apartments (which were likely
from Vancouver's Burton Homes project) were shipped to Helena
and rebuilt by the Carson Construction Co. on College-owned
land near the intersection of Euclid and Harrison Ave., one block west of where
the Lundy Center is now. It was dubbed "Carroll Village" |
"Carroll
Village"Seen from Carroll College, late 1940s
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On the right
can be seen several "Carroll Village" units. This view
taken from Harrison St., Easter 1962.
Carroll
Campus, Various Views 1950s-70s
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Carroll
Campus, Spring 1963
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Circa
1965 Aerial View of the Carroll Area, Looking South
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